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India: Bali Bhagat Lays Foundation of GMC’s Emergency Extension Block

Jammu: In order to augment the bed capacity and to handle great rush of patients in the emergency block, Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat laid foundation of Rs 12 crore worth extension and allied works at Government Medical College here on 22 January.\r\nIn the first phase of expansion, capacity of one hundred beds will be added by utilizing the space in the existing Chopra Nursing Home adjoining to the emergency block thus raising the bed capacity from present 234 to 334.

India: Valakkulam Students to Launch Ambulance Service

Malappuram: A group of students of Valakkulam in Thennala panchayat will launch an ambulance service on 23 January to take care of the needy in the area. It was bought for Rs 4 lakh under the \'Kaniv Home Care\' service with the help of the teachers and alumni of the KHM Higher Secondary School at Valakkulam.\r\nThe selected students of the JRC have been provided basic life support training and medical equipment. The ambulance was bought under the \'Kaniv Home Care\' service with the help of the teachers and alumni of the KHM Higher Secondary School at Valakkulam.

India: Training on Emergency Care and Resuscitation Management

Itanagar: The 2-day training on emergency care and resuscitation management organized by Directorate of Medical Education, T&R, and Naharlagun concluded at Seminar Hall of Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) Naharlagun on Friday (20 January) with distribution of certificates to the participants.\r\nDoctors from various districts and TRIHMS and GNM students of Arunachal State Nursing School (ASNS) Naharlagun participated in the crucial training.

India: Two-wheeler Ambulance a Boon for Poor in Narmada

Rajpipala: The two-wheeler ambulance service launched by police on 27 January will prove to be a boon for people living in the hilly and forest areas of Narmada district where ambulance services have invariably failed to reach during medical emergencies because of poor road connectivity.

India: Medical Emergency? App to the Rescue before Ambulance

Hyderabad: Soon, Hyderabad will have a pool of 1,00,000 volunteers who are going to act as \'first responders\' and attend to medical emergencies before the ambulance arrives.\r\nThe 100K First Response, an initiative by city-based emergency response mobile application CallAmbulance, aims to train over 1,00,000 volunteers by the end of March this year, to make the city emergency-friendly. A mobile application \'100K First Response\' has been developed in order to build the network of first responders.